provigil in ms

YES, it definitely will help you! I've known MS patients who are taking Provigil and they say it's a miracle drug--this doesn't mean it'll work fabulously for everyone, but it does do an amazing job of zapping excessive daytime sleepiness. I'm taking Provigil for excessive daytime sleepiness as a result of sleep apnea, and the first few months I was on Provigil I've never felt more awake in my entire life.

Oh no, Provigil does not lower blood pressure. It can really spike it. I think you may have misread the posts because no one said it lowered b/p. I keep a close eye on my B/P because of the Provigil's side effect of higher pressure. Wow this is an old post! Over a year. LA M.S.

i was told today the VA no longer will Rx provigil for MS fatigue. have to have a sleep disorder and get it from pulmonary now. they will, for MS patient fatigue Rx amantadine. i have battled MS fatigue for years and recently decided to try something for it, so the VA is Rx amantadine vs provigil. anyone on this list try amantadine for MS fatigue? just checking with the experts here (actual suffers). i thought provigil was what i needed.

CNS stimulants are just as safe in MS patients as they are in other patients, but also remember that they are controlled substances and many of us use it as a treatment of last resort. I think I speak for the community when I say that we all appreciate the comments made by other members of the community, as above.

t function and started the paperwork for disability. So in conjuction with my doctor and with the pharmacy help line for Provigil it was determined that for me it would be ok to cut the 200mg pill into smaller pieces. (Note - this is an option for me - don't try this without your doctors ok.) We found that my heart could tolerate a 50mg dose. (Provigil only comes in 100mg and 200 mg pills). That worked good for about 9 months. Now I am up to 75mg.

i know some folks in my MS support group that take it for the MS fatigue/fog and really like it. i tried to get the VA neuro to Rx it, but a no go. don't even ask for provigil at the VA. i guess whoever makes provogil has priced it so ridiculous no on touches it. VA gave me amantadine. didn't work for me the way i was hoping. as i mentioned, others at the MS group really like the ritalin and provogil.

He was a little disappointing in that he was more interested in talking about horses (I board horses) than talking about my symptoms. I had one of the jerks while in there, they seem to only occur when I'm sitting on the exam table. He asked if they disrupted my life and I said not really because they only happen when I'm laying down usually, and only if I'm really worn out or stressed. Anyhow, I told him my biggest problem was fatigue.

Has anyone heard that the insurance companies are starting to approve Provigil for MS? The company must have changed the recommendations for use. I did a prior authorization for a patient today. She needed Provigil for Sleep Apnea. Sleep disorders are what this med has mostly been used for. But this time, where the approved diagnosis' were listed, MS was on the list. It's the first time I have seen this since I have been doing the authorizations.

I had a great response to Provigil in the beginning. Then after quitting smoking it started making me anxious and irritable. Coffee did the same thing to me after quitting smoking, too. I ordered the generic version online, 200 mg tabs and cut them in half. After awhile, I could get by on a quarter tab. Now, I'm getting by just as well minus the smoking. The full 200mg tab was way too much for me.

He wants to still rule out ms but if i dont have ms he wants to start searching for the other things he has in mind. He refused to say what!!!!!! wants me to focus on ruling out ms. Anyways question is has anybody ever taken provigil before, there seems to be alot of side effects, but as long as it will help with my tireness I will be happy.

Hi, My personal battle with fatigue has been awful too but with MS, I try to take heart in knowing that it will pass, at some point, even if only for a day or two. I am ever so thankful for those days, like bliss!!! I haven't been able to get my doc to give me anything yet. I tried Provigil but doesn't work for me and since my ANS is messed up due to lesion, I can't get on anything like Kathy said that affects my heart rate.

So many operations and treatments and episodes later the saga continues. MS is still a 50% chance. The rapid detioration that began in Jan this year is a major concern for me. I'll take the Provigil and hope it works on the fatigue. And do the EMG and sleep study. Then I'll see. For now I am going to have a good cry and lay down. I just want to know what is wrong!

Provigil also took hours to kick in for me as well (my doc said it could take several hours), so I used to set my alarm for like 3AM, take the provigil, and by midmorning, it would have started working. I also worked nights at that time, so I would take another at appx 1PM, which would keep me good until about 11PM. By then, I was on my way home from work, tired and ready for bed, and not still "awake" from the medicine.

Hi, Many of in our community use Provigil or Nuvigil for fatigue. There are other medical options that you can discuss with your doctor. On a practical level. You have to learn to gauge your activity level to the time of day when you have the most energy. For a lot of us ,it is in themorning, for others like me-a night owl, I do better in the early afternoon. the secreat is NOT to overdo no matter how good you feel or you will pay the price the next day.

Please members, if you are taking Provigil, please help Maggie to understand more about how the drug works in your lives. I was unable to really give her the proper answer, since I do not take it.

I am tired, lack energy and have brain fog. My insurance won't authorize Provigil, because I don't have narcolepsy. Is there a medication that would work similarly to Provigil? I might have MS - need to do a repeat brain MRI. I would very much appreciate any feedback. Thank you!

My experience with Nuvigil: I got the free week's supply coupon from Cephalon. When I got it filled, my pharmacist asked me why I was trying it when I'd had great results from Provigil. I told him that I'd heard it would cost less, at least until Provigil's patent expired. He checked for me, and said that it wasn't that much less; around $10 a pill instead of $12. I said that every little bit helped!

Your response to the Provigil is exactly that which is seen in the disease. You are seeing an MS Specialist who is keeping MS in the differential diagnosis. These words are far better than dancing around "cerebral white matter disease" I think. And they give a stronger case for allowing the med. None of this is false, so you are not asking the PCP to be unethical. Just a thought.

Modafinil is a drug for narcolepsy prescribed for MS fatigue. I am interested in knowing if you have narcolepsy or MS fatigue. Recently I have been experiencing extreme fatigue for which my neuro prescribed amantadine. It is working. The next step would be modafinil but I was told that many of their patients use Ritalin or adderall. Both are addictive so they start with the ones with least side effects first. So far amantadine has been helping get me through my day without crashing.

The people reporting that they had indeed suffered pain at some point were equal in the healthy population and in the MS population (about 67%). Thus, the conclusion arrived at by brainless neurologists that pain is no more common in MS than in general. It is not a painful condition. Uhhggg! The difference in the two populations is what your neurologist missed. Maybe he stepped out for some tiddley-winks during the interpretation of this part. Here is the key part of that study.

Can anybody tell about a website that I can trust,where I can buy Provigil(modafinil)for less?.I dont have medical insurance and I cant afford to.pay for it at regular price.I suffer from MS and I have chronic fatigue at all times.please,Anybody know about this.

I know Modafinil is used for Narcolepsy but they really want a sleep study to take it for MS? That seems unfair to slow the process down when it is such a common medication for MS and not just those with sleep disorders.

However, someone here pointed out that Nuvigil might just be a way the makers of Provigil have to keep Provigil users paying for Trade name drug a little longer (since Provigil will be going generic soon). However, you might consider just having your doctor order a few pills of Nuvigil to see if it could help you. Also, regarding the Provigil: Make sure its expiration date is a long time off. I have found that can make a difference - that it gets weaker with time.

I have taken both Provigil and Nuvigil. The neuro that treats my sleep apnea prescribed Provigil for me several years ago before I was diagnosed with MS. They are expensive meds but do more than any other drug I take to noticably improve my daily life. I'd give up many other things to continue to afford either one. Neither drug gets rid of my fatigue or boosts my energy (wish they did). What they do is help to keep me awake and alert during the day.

I have fatigue that began with severe, intractable (non-MS) vertigo. Then the vertigo doubled with the MS. I started out on 200mg and went to 300mg. I could fucntion, really had to becasue of a major medical thing in my family. But, I seriously overdid it and crashed hard (bed for 2 weeks). You have to pace yourself, even though you feel like you can do so much. The crash can undo all of Provigil's help.

And cataplexy/narcolopesy can be present from birth and in other cases it can be caused by a lesion in the brain that affects that region, i.e. as commonly seen in MS. And a few other diseases. (Yes, my online research actually said that.) So my insomina is severe. This is something that I am working on with my neuro. My PCP will not prescribe anything for me. The cataplexy makes it complex. You have to be careful not to over medicate.

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